VMs are middle ground between AWS and dedicated hardware. With hardware you need to monitor it, report problems/failures to the provider, make necessary configu

VMs are middle ground between AWS and dedicated hardware. With hardware you need to monitor it, report problems/failures to the provider, make necessary configuration changes (add/remove node to/from a cluster e. t. c.). If a team is coming from AWS it may have no experience with monitoring/troubleshooting problems caused by imperfect hardware.